#uniproject

[haripillaiblog]

Project Introduction: Modeling a Makeshift Assault Rifle (University Prop Project) Week 1: Blog 1

Welcome to my blog documenting the process of creating my first 3D prop for university — a makeshift assault rifle inspired by the design language of an AK-47.

The goal of this project is to understand and apply proper polygon flow and maintain an efficient, low-to-mid polycount suitable for real-time applications, such as video games. I'll be documenting each step of my workflow from initial planning to final renders.

Tools I'll Be Using:

Blender – For modeling, blocking out, and retopology

Substance Painter – For texturing and material work

Marmoset Toolbag – For baking and final rendering

What I Hope to Learn:

How to build clean, game-ready geometry with proper edge flow

Managing a limited polycount while preserving detail

Efficient UV unwrapping and baking workflows

Creating believable textures and materials

Rendering and presentation techniques

This blog will serve as both my personal log and my submission for university assessment. I’ll be updating it regularly with progress shots, thoughts, and breakdowns of each stage.

Thanks for following along!

[threedotsstudio]

Our game treasure chest

To get a feel for this project and what we aim to accomplish, we started by discussing the kinds of games we each enjoy playing. It turns out we have pretty different tastes.

On one end, we have A Little to the Left, a relaxing puzzle game focused on sorting items, matching colors, and organizing spaces. Then there’s Little Nightmares, a dark, mysterious puzzle-platformer with a twisted atmosphere and eerie secrets to uncover. And finally, there’s me—I prefer open-world games with rich, expansive stories, like Nier: Automata.

But even tho all these games seem very different on the first glance, we found some common ground among them. First of all, we noticed that all of us value a story which is not told through dialogs, but through world building and small details. Secondly, we really appreciate solving riddles and figuring out different ways to solve a problem.

-Steffi :)

[threedotsstudio]

Hello, my name is Steffi :)

My role in this project is to create the visuals, illustrate, and model. I spend a lot of my free time drawing, so I’m fairly good at it, I guess. I can do a few things in Blender too, but I need to practice to actually benefit our group.

In other words, my strengths are my ability to turn ideas into sketches on the fly and that I can spend a lot of time working out details about the characters and their story. The most challenging part for me will be finding a cohesive visual language we can work with. Also, illustrating the backgrounds might prove a small challenge.

Anyway, I’m positive that everything will be just fine :)

See you,

Steffi

[roy-katsuro-project]

POSTCARD DESIGN  3 

These are the postcards I’ve designed for the project to make it visually appealing and minimalistic to the client.

[roy-katsuro-project]

POSTCARD DESIGN  2

These are the postcards I’ve designed for the project to make it visually appealing and minimalistic to the client.

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POSTCARD DESIGN  1

These are the postcards I’ve designed for the project to make it visually appealing and minimalistic to the client.

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BACKGROUND/ LAYOUT DESIGN (for Grad Assist Hire)-

Here’s a little preview of the BG design of my F.M.P done by 2nd year students , @milesrifatyear2 and @salaheldinelsabag-mdx-animation 

Layout Drawings- @milesrifatyear2 ,  @salaheldinelsabag-mdx-animation

BG Colour - Ritchie Kambamba , @salaheldinelsabag-mdx-animation

[roy-katsuro-project]

LIVE PROJECT

For the postal museum project, I took on the role of being a illustrator and secondary character designer for the short “Why do we have postcodes, Grandad?” (1st image -  main character design done by @finnimations ) 

NOTE- this project has no relation to ”Roy Rabbit: The Bounty Hunter”